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We do it every month with the Player of the Month article that we post. In the article we list who was chosen for the month and update the yearly table at the same time ..... You can see the last 3 months articles from front page of site: http://caleythistleonline.com/page/cto.html. or just do a search on front page for player of the year/month The January award will be announced this coming week I think and Feb will only be a week or two away ....... but each article does go through all the voting in the polls for the last month's games and then an overall glance at the total for the year. Hislopsoffsideagain tallies all this up for us each month and we have been handing out these awards, based on actual user votes after each game for the last 13 years .....
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sounds like a great game on the radio ... edge of the seat stuff for the last 3 minutes !
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Gary Warren .... what a striker !!!!
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Heads up, we're second Inverness thrust themselves back into second place in the SPL with a gutsy performance at Tynecastle to gain a modicum of revenge for the League Cup defeat at the hands of Hearts. We were always on top in a sometimes towsy encounter that developed into a nail biter before the end. Gary Warren opened the scoring in the first half with a header from Aaron Doran's free kick but Jason Holt belted a drive home 10 minutes after the break. Billy McKay nodded in his first for a while and Andy Webster wrong footed Ryan Esson with a massive deflection to restore parity. However, Gary Warren wrapped up the points when he powered a header beyond MacDonald with around fifteen minutes left to end the scoring and end Inverness' recent run of poor results. Inverness had to re-shuffle the pack slightly with Josh Meekings picking up a late injury and Daniel Devine stepping in at the last minute. Ryan Esson continued in goal and as expected Richie Foran sat this one out with Nick Ross filling his boots. Hearts had the human windmill, Mr Ngoo up front looking to cause havoc once more with his flailing limbs and John Sutton starting on the bench. John McGlynn kept faith with the youngsters who will be the future of Hearts with the big money earners elsewhere. It didn't take Ngoo long to make his mark on the game, less than thirty seconds gone when he physically and aggressively shoved Gary Warren to the deck after a brief encounter, this earned the windmill a yellow card which could easily have been red. Naughty boy, and a lucky boy! This did not deter him though and he managed to see out the match whilst continually interfering with his opposing numbers, but Gary Warren had the last laugh and his match winning performance was right out of the top drawer. Capital Caley will have a full report for us once he recovers............. Warren at the Double There was a sense of relief at full time that Caley Thistle had finally got back to winning ways. The small band of ICT fans witnessed an entertaining game, particularly in the second half. As usual for a Hearts away game, many of the away day regulars met at Diggers. Two of the Highland Marchers walked from Linlithgow. Somehow one of them (I won't say who) misread the map and added another 5 miles more to the journey than planned. The welcome sight of many ICT regulars was our reward for the 23 mile yomp. A few of us then headed down to the Gorgie Suite (later renamed the Gary Warren Suite) to meet ICT fans from the Official Travel Club. Most fans were fairly confident going into the game despite the recent poor results. The last time Inverness had won at Tynecastle was in 2007. ICT won 3-2 that day with goals from Russell Duncan, John Rankin and a last minute Graeme Bayne penalty. Fast forward 6 years and the same score line saw Caley Thistle beat Hearts in style to take second place from Motherwell who were beaten in Dingwall by FC Global Energy. Hearts should have been down to ten men after only 22 seconds. The SPL’s highest scoring defender Gary Warren got into a tussle with Liverpool loanee Michael Ngoo. Ngoo lashed out at Warren shoving him with both hands straight to the deck. Referee Bobby Madden saw the incident but decided to issue only a yellow card. Bizarre. Two minutes later Ngoo brought down Warren again with a clumsy challenge. This was to set a precedent for the rest of the match. Somehow, Ngoo lasted the whole 90 minutes, but Warren had him in his back pocket the whole match. Hearts had a chance to open the scoring after 5 minutes, but Andy Websters half volley sailed well over the bar. It was end to end football in the first 15 minutes with both teams looking like they could score. However, it was the Caley Jags that opened the scoring a quarter of an hour in. Aaron Doran curled in a cross that saw the inrushing Gary WARREN outjump the Hearts defence and power the ball past Jamie MacDonald and into the back of the net. Two minutes later, Caley Thistle nearly doubled their lead. Owain Tudur-Jones stepped up to take a free kick from around 30 yards out and with a chorus of ‘SHOOOOOT’ from the ICT fans, his powerful shot went just wide of the post with MacDonald beaten. After 25 minutes, Danny Devine (in for the injured Josh Meekings) went into the referees book for a challenge on Ngoo. It was an absolute pathetic decision by Madden and highlighted yet again more inconsistencies from him. After 34 minutes, Andrew Shinnie found Billy McKay who beat his man and slotted the ball into the back of the net. However, the linesman called it offside. If it was offside it must have been very close. After 38 minutes Andrew Shinnie gave away a free kick much to the fury of the ICT players and support. Owain Tudur-Jones received a yellow card for arguing. At half time, Caley Thistle deserved their lead and we were all hopeful of adding to the score line in the second half. Half Time 0-1 Four minutes into the second half Graeme Shinnie received a caution and into Bobby Maddens book. Nine minutes after the re-start Darren Barr's cross found Jason HOLT who powered the ball into the top right corner of the net to level the scores. Inverness responded brilliantly and only 6 minutes later regained their lead. Ross Draper's cross found Billy McKAY who headed the ball from close range into the Hearts net. Inverness were deservedly back in front. With only 16 minutes left however, Hearts equalised again. Nick Ross cleared the ball off the line with a header but in the bedlam in the box the ball fell to Andy WEBSTER. His shot took a wicked and unfortunate deflection off Danny Devine leaving Ryan Esson with no chance. Hearts nearly took the lead only minutes later. Jamie Walker's powerful shot was brilliantly saved by Esson to deny Hearts. On the 76th minute, Caley Thistle deservedly regained the lead. Graeme Shinnie's corner found Gary WARREN who beat his man to bullet the ball into the corner of the net with his head. His second of the game and sixth goal of the season. Hopefully there is more to come before the season is out. Minutes later Shane Sutherland came on for Billy McKay. In the last minute Charlie Taylor replaced the impressive Aaron Doran. With the clock ticking down, Shane Sutherland should have secured the win for ICT. As he broke free of his man and ended up one on one with MacDonald, he appeared to slow down and under a challenge from the defender he sliced the ball high and wide over the bar and out for a goal kick. Fantastic defensive clearance by Shane. Full Time 2-3 Luckily that was to be one of the last kicks of the ball as Inverness held out deserved 3-2 winners. It was great to see Terry's famous celebrations again. It feels like it has been too long. Some of the Caley Away supporters made their way back to the Gary Warren Suite for some refreshments. We tried our best not to gloat too much. Back to winning ways. Back to second. Lets stay there. CapitalCaleys Man of the Match:- It simply HAS to be Gary Warren. Two great goals and another solid performance from him marshalling the defence. Aaron Doran and Nicky Ross are worth a mention as well for causing Hearts so many problems. 23rd Feb 2013 Scottish Premier League Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh Hearts 2 - Holt (55), Webster (74) TEAM: MacDonald, Mullen (Sutton 64), Webster, Wilson, McHattie, Walker (Smith 86), Holt, Barr, Tapping, Novikovas (King 72), Ngoo SUBS: Ridgers, Taouil, Prychynenko, McGowan Booked: Ngoo (1), Barr (52) Sent Off: none Inverness C.T. 3 - Warren (15, 77), Mckay (61) TEAM: Esson, Raven, Warren, Devine, G.Shinnie, Draper, Tudur-Jones, Ross, A.Shinnie, Doran (Taylor 90), McKay (Sutherland 79). SUBS: Reguero, Laing, Polworth, Pepper, Gibbons Booked: Devine (24), Tudur-Jones (39), G.Shinnie (50) Sent Off: none Referee Bobby Madden Attendance 11325
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THE MATCHDAY THREAD Discuss ICT & other games in this thread as they happen Hearts -V- Inverness CT PREVIEW 23rd Feb @ 3:00PM, Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Facebook Go to the Chatroom Media Coverage AUDIO BBC Sportsound Open All Mics [UK Only] BBC Sportsound Live commentary [UK Only] Moray Firth Radio Live commentary [UK Only] TEXT ESPN BBC SKY Sporting Life VIDEO SPL YouTube Channel ICT Official YouTube Channel TEAM LINEUPS
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yeah, me too ... the whole thing sounds very wrong !!!!
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Wasnt that long ago that Zibi Malkowski played for us a handful of times ..... 3 games in fact, all home ones. 2 games were against Gretna and 1 was against Aberdeen, and our crowds were : (H) Gretna - Lge Cup, 25/09/07 - attendance 1717 (midweek game) (H) Aberdeen - SPL, 21/10/07 - attendance 6023 (H) Gretna - SPL, 3/5/08 - attendance 3639 Our average Vs Aberdeen is 5670 although that has been dragged down in recent years as the attendances fall. In 2005-2008 our average was 6355. From 2010-2012 that drops to 4870 ...... We only played Gretna 3 times at the TCS. The 2 games listed above plus 3919 for a game on 5th Jan 2008 ..... Doesnt look like Zibi inspired the Polish community back in 07/08 .... maybe he wasnt a big enough star?
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THE MATCHDAY THREAD Discuss ICT & other games in this thread as they happen Motherwell -V- Inverness CT PREVIEW 16th Feb @ 3:00PM, Fir Park, Motherwell Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Facebook Go to the Chatroom Media Coverage AUDIO BBC Sportsound Open All Mics [UK Only] Moray Firth Radio Live commentary [UK Only] TEXT ESPN BBC SKY Sporting Life VIDEO SPL YouTube Channel ICT Official YouTube Channel TEAM LINEUPS TO FOLLOW
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THE MATCHDAY THREAD Discuss ICT & other games in this thread as they happen Inverness CT -V- Kilmarnock PREVIEW 13th Feb @ 7:45PM, Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Facebook Go to the Chatroom Media Coverage AUDIO BBC Sportsound Open All Mics [UK Only] Moray Firth Radio Live commentary [UK Only] TEXT ESPN BBC SKY Sporting Life VIDEO SPL YouTube Channel ICT Official YouTube Channel Inverness CT: Esson, Raven, Graeme Shinnie, Warren, Meekings, Doran, Ross, Tudur Jones, Draper, Andrew Shinnie, McKay Subs: Reguero, Sutherland, Polworth, Pepper, Roberts, Devine, Taylor Kilmarnock: Letheren, Barbour, Tesselaar, Sissoko, Pascali, Clingan, O'Hara, Hay, Dayton, Heffernan, Gros Subs: Jaakkola, O'Leary, Racchi, Perez, Ibrahim, McKenzie, Winchester
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apologies for any fuzziness, but here are the ICT badges I mentioned above, and also one I (and other season ticket holders) got from TFC in season 1 to mark the inaugural season.
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Same old, same old Motherwell continue to hold the Indian sign over us after they completed a default 3-0 win over us at Fir Park. They certainly have the knack of beating us as we have donated twelve points to their cause so far this season and boosted their goal difference by a staggering ten goals; that's the difference between them being second or tenth, such is the fine line between success and failure this season. Who else but Michael Higdon opened the scoring after half an hour and Nicky Law added a second shortly after the break before Higdon again concluded the scoring. Inverness matched the Steelmen in the first half but still found themselves a goal down before Well eased away from us to claim second spot and the Inverness bubble is seemingly leaking like a sieve, just like the defence. An offside goal kept our dismal streak going, that's six games without a win and Billy McKay's drought is getting a tad worrying as it heads towards it's seventh match from open play. The fans are getting restless and the hitherto Caley Jags rising stars are no longer getting the plaudits from the fans as the tension at the top begins to take it's toll. Methinks the sooner Richie Foran gets better, the sooner we will get back on track. He is someone you don't notice until he's not there, then the problems start and our threadbare squad gets exposed. Capital Caley was on hand to witness the days event after his stroll from Glasgow........................ Off the Rails The ICT faithful headed to South Lanarkshire for a ‘battle for second’ game against Motherwell looking to get back on track. Caley Thistle have failed to gain a point against Motherwell this season and for the third game against the Steelmen, ICT were crushed. 156 away fans shared the Phil O’Donnell Stand with the home support. Two of the Highland Marchers used the day as a training walk and completed a 17 mile walk from the West end of Glasgow to Fir Park. There was some familiar faces in the Fir Park Social Club beforehand with most Inverness fans being very cautious about the game. Caley Thistle were in much need of a win after the League Cup defeat to Hearts, SPL defeat to the Midden, Scottish Cup defeat to Kilmarnock, SPL defeat to Celtic and SPL draw against Killie. The push for second was starting to falter before the match, but a victory would have taken ICT 4 points clear of Motherwell. Unfortunately it was not to be. Caley Thistle started the better team and were playing some very attractive football. The type of football that saw us reach the heights of second in the first place. However, in recent weeks although some of the midfield play has been great to watch, the final third has been poor. In the opening 15 minutes of the game, Caley Thistle tested the Motherwell goal a couple of times but Darren Randolph was always comfortable. After twenty five minutes Aaron Dorans' powerful shot was saved by Randolph and Andy Shinnie netted the rebound. However, the linesman adjudged Shinnie to be offside. It was certainly very tight and it did look like he was actually onside from our viewpoint. Gary Warren was booked minutes later for a foul on Henrik Ojamaa. A couple of minutes later Tom Hately's shot was brilliantly saved by goalkeeper Ryan Esson to keep the score line even. However, on the half hour mark, Motherwell took the lead. Henrik Ojamaa appeared to miss hit the ball and it fell into the feet of Michael HIGDON who slotted the ball into the back of the net. For all that initial good Caley Thistle play, it felt unfair to be 1-0 down at this point. However, from the goal Motherwell took control of the game and ICT were never going to get back into it. Motherwell started marking the Inverness players more tightly and closed them down quicker making it very difficult to carry on with the neat passing play we had previously seen. Motherwell went close to extending their lead just before half time but Ojamaa's effort went just wide. Although Motherwell started to play better after their goal, the ICT fans were encouraged by what they had seen for most of the first half and were optimistic that Caley Thistle would get back into the game in the second half. Half Time 1-0 Ross Draper was moved to the wide right position just after half time. It seemed a very bizarre move and one that didn’t work. The midfield looked lost for spells in the second half and the team were constantly out muscled by the Steelmen. However, Caley Thistle nearly equalised just after half time when Nick Ross broke away inside the box but his shot soared just high of the goal. However, Nicky LAW extended Motherwells lead six minutes after half time. Sloppy defending after Ojamaa's shot helped the ball land to Law who drilled it into the back of the net. There was a hint of hand ball in the build up play which angered the Caley Thistle faithful. To make matters worse, a few minutes later there looked to be a hand ball again against a Motherwell player ; this time in the other box but the referee did not award a penalty. The game was effectively over in the 55th minute when Stewart Carswell found Michael HIGDON who volleyed the ball past Ryan Esson. Owain-Tudur Jones was awarded the second and final booking of the match a couple of minutes later for a foul on Kallum Higginbotham. There was absolutely no way back for Inverness now as Motherwell looked to extend their lead. With twenty five minutes to go, ICT brought on Philip Roberts and Shane Sutherland for Aaron Doran and Billy McKay. Shortly afterwards Motherwell made a change with Adam Cummins on for Simon Ramsden. Motherwell then used the rest of their substitutes before Liam Polworth came on for Ross Draper for ICT. The Steelmen were looking likely to add to the score line but luckily the score didn’t get any worse. Full Time 3-0 Here's the evidence, without the footage from within the social club.................. As the ICT fans left the stadium, many of us really struggled to name a man of the match. Aaron Doran worked his socks off and Nick Ross was impressive but the second half performance all round was extremely poor. That’s no victories in six games for Caley Thistle in all competitions. We need a win against Hearts to help keep our top six hopes alive. It is very tight, but all is not lost. If we can get back to winning ways soon, we will secure top six. it's time to exorcise the ghost of the League Cup Semi Final. Onwards, to Tynecastle to get our top six campaign back on track. 16th Feb 2013 Scottish Premier League Fir Park, Motherwell Motherwell 3 - Higdon 30,56, Law 52 TEAM: Randolph, Hammell, Law, Hutchinson, Hateley, Humphrey, Ojamaa (McHugh 76), Higdon, Higginbotham (Francis-Angol 75), Ramsden (Cummins 69), Carswell SUBS: Hollis, Saunders, Daley, Erwin Booked: none Sent Off: none Inverness C.T. 0 TEAM: Esson, Raven, G. Shinnie, Warren, Meekings, Jones, Doran (Roberts 67), Draper (Polworth 82), McKay (Sutherland 66), A. Shinnie, Ross. SUBS: Reguero, Pepper, Devine, Taylor, Booked: Warren, Tudur-Jones Sent Off: none Referee C Murray Attendance 4179
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Robbed Northern Constabulary are on the hunt for a band of robbers after Kilmarnock did a smash and grab act with virtually their only attack of note in the ninety minutes to snatch a point on a cold blustery night where squally showers soaked the park. Nick Ross scored his second goal in as many games but Borja Perez sickened the home fans as he scored in the ninetieth minute after Inverness squandered chance after chance to put this game beyond a bedraggled Kilmarnock. Richie Foran was missing once more as Inverness started with the same eleven that began against Celtic, Esson retaining the number one jersey. The game started with one of the Killie buses missing on the A9 as heavy snow made driving conditions treacherous on many roads outside of Inverness. The small band of away fans had little to cheer for the first eighty nine minutes of the game, but were rewarded for their efforts by the late equaliser. Inverness began on the front foot as Kilmarnock struggled to keep up with their hosts, the Inverness forwards ripping open the Killie defence at will. It was only a matter of time before Inverness would open their account, but not after some profligacy from the man formerly known as Billy (he scores when he wants) McKay. He tamely headed over as Inverness pushed for the opening and Letheren saved well from a Shinnie effort. We would not have to wait much longer though and Doran eventually got a telling ball into the box where Nick Ross was first to react and knock the ball home from close range. No more than we deserved and we looked hungry for more. Chances were coming at regular intervals and Ryan Esson could have stayed in front of his fire as Kilmarnock were penned in. Andy Shinnie miscued a volley after a great cross from his brother Graeme, and Doran snapped in a shot which Letheren just about managed to keep out low down at his near post, but the killer second goal eluded us. Half Time 1-0 The second half continued like the first, Inverness piling on the pressure, Kilmarnock soaking it up and hoofing the ball anywhere. Shinnie curled one wide as the search for that elusive goal continued, but it was surely coming. Sissoko was mugged by McKay but he recovered in unconvincing fashion as he appeared to bundle McKay off the ball inside the box but nothing doing from the ref. Graeme Shinnie then took on the lead role and had a number of runs through on goal but failed with his attempts to finish the game off either dragging his shot narrowly across the face of the goal or being blocked by Letheren. Some neat interplay was not being rewarded as the final shot was wayward or Sissoko blocked the ball as shots rained into the Killie box. If this was a boxing match the referee would have stopped the contest and their purse would have been withheld. But, just when you think we would have to settle for a solitary goal and three points, up popped Perez in the box to round off Killies only foray forward. Dayton broke on the left and his ball inside was turned in by Perez to the astonishment of the batch of Killie fans that made it to the ground and the disgust of the Inverness fans that suffered those misses. Groans all round. The icing was almost on the Killie Pie when Rory McKenzie went down under a challenge from David Raven, again no penalty and that was the catalyst to earn Kenny Shiels another trip to the stand for his outburst at the officials. Full Time 1-1 This match should have been the perfect tonic for Inverness and it was looking good after twenty minutes. We were creating numerous chances but not taking them and the longer the game went on, the more the feeling that we would rue those missed chances grew. We need to find out why we have taken a dip, and we need to find out quick. This game was crying out for substitutions about fifteen minutes before the end and Nick Ross looked jaded long before the end. You have to say that Killie made their substitutes at the right time and we did nothing until it was too late. It's all very well holding on to what you have, but we never achieved that and questions need to be asked. Some of our recent results have been down to misfortune, tonight was just poor play in front of goal and poor finishing. When is Billy McKay going to learn to put his boot through the ball, guilty of taking the extra touch again when scoring looked easier. Graeme Shinnie must have his boots on the wrong feet, but he did get into some interesting forward positions. Robbery caught on CCTV at Tulloch Caledonian Stadium.........meh. tm4tj MotM:- again difficult to single out a clear winner. Andrew Shinnie just oozes class, and Owain Tudur-Jones is not far behind. Aaron Doran ran the Killie rearguard ragged at times and he did get a couple of good balls into the danger area, but not often enough. Bill McKay got the sponsors man of the match, Christ knows why, but my MotM goes to big Ross Draper who worked tirelessly and covered every blade of grass tonight. 13th Feb 2013 Scottish Premier League Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Inverness C.T. 1 - Ross (21) TEAM: Esson, Raven, Warren, Meekings, G Shinnie, Doran, Draper, Jones, Ross (Sutherland 88), A Shinnie (Devine 85), McKay SUBS: Reguero, Taylor, Polwarth, Pepper, Roberts Booked: Warren Sent Off: none Kilmarnock 1- Perez (90) TEAM: Letheren, Tesselaar, Hay (Racchi 62), Barbour, O'Hara (McKenzie 78), Sissoko, Clingan (Perez 66), Dayton, Pascali, Gross, Heffernan SUBS: Jaakkola, O'Leary, Ibrahim, Winchester Booked: none Sent Off: none Referee B Madden Attendance 2529
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Four in a row Inverness slumped to a fourth successive defeat at the hands of SPL Championees Celtic's second eleven as they overturned the loss of an early Nick Ross goal to eventually run out comfortable 3-1 winners, despite a series of goalmouth scrambles in the visitors box. Goals from Commons, Gershon and Miku sealed our fate. Ryan Esson retained the keepers jersey with Toni Reguero on the bench. Andy Shinnie was passed fit, and Ross Draper returned after suspension for the injured Richie Foran, with Nick Ross on from the start and he made an early impact in the ninth minute. Celtic had one eye on Juventus and there were rare outings for Paddy McCourt, Dylan McGeouch, and new Bhoy's Tom Rogic and Rami Gershon, with Forster returning from injury in goal. In fact Celtic fielded nine changes, Anthony Stokes up front with Miku and Kayal backing them up and young Marcus Fraser in defence, such is the depth of the Celtic squad. Inverness were left to pack the bench with youngsters, the tea lady and half-time raffle ticket sellers. Early kick off and TV saw plenty empty seats in the home end with latecomers filling the away end nicely as the game kicked off on a mild February afternoon, Inverness attacking to the away end and it was a bright start by the home side, taking the game to the re-arranged Celtic squad. Billy McKay was first to threaten as he curled a left footed effort just wide after Shinnie and Draper combined and fed him a ball on the edge of the box, Forster looking on seemingly unperturbed. The visitors defence had looked a bit shaky from the start and Inverness capitalised on some slackness. Doran fired a ball into the box which was blocked by big Fraser Forster and Nick Ross pounced on the loose ball to drive it low into the corner of the net from the edge of the box, right in front of the Celtic fans to stun the away support. Mind you, I did think that the 'Champions League, yer havin a laff,' chant was a bit presumptuous to be honest Inverness then went back into their shell as Celtic got to grips with the game and ten minutes later Kris Commons met a Rogic cut back flush on the run at the far side of the box and he sent a thunderous strike high past Esson from fifteen yards. No chance for Ryan on his home return to action, although we maybe never covered ourselves in glory as Rogic sprinted to the bye-line. Celtic now had the upper hand as we sat deeper and Rogic fired over from a Stokes cut back. We were living a tad dangerously and Celtic were awarded a soft free kick in a prime position, but Commons almost took out the camera man at the rear of the stand with this effort. This woke Inverness up and we managed to secure a bit more of the ball as half time approached with Andy Shinnie passing up our best moment as his attempt looped over the bar. Half-Time 1-1 Craig Thomson did not endear himself to the home support ignoring a penalty claim as the ball appeared to come of Fraser's elbow and Inverness were made to pay shortly after when Gershon rose highest to nod Celtic ahead after only 48 minutes. Loose defending by Inverness where Gary Warren has had better days. Once more Inverness handed the initiative to Celtic and we were under the cosh somewhat and Stokes had another free header which came back off the face of the bar as we struggled to clear our lines. However, as in the first half, we weathered the storm and exerted some pressure on the Celtic goal, Nick Ross' shot rebounding and Billy McKay being blocked on the line by some desperate Celtic defending, but they kept the ball out. Things were looking a bit more promising but as per normal, when chasing the game, along comes the sucker punch. At 2-1, Inverness were still in with a shout and looked likeliest to get the next goal which would have seen us take at least a point, but alas, it was not to be. Another goal line melee in the Celtic six yard box ended with Miku scoring at the other end and it was game over. The clearance was transferred quickly by Watt to Stokes and on to Miku, who stroked the ball past an exposed Ryan Esson. The same player also rattled the post with a close range flick as the game ran away from Inverness despite our best efforts. We still huffed and puffed but were unable to penetrate the visitors back row and Celtic saw out the game for an ultimately comfortable three points despite some frantic attempts and some misfortune in front of goal. Full-Time 1-3 Terry gave his post match interview with some background seat slamming thrown in and David Raven has his say on the match. tm4tj MotM:- No massive standouts in the home ranks but Andy Shinnie showed his class although he did look to be nursing himself a little and played within himself, but still good enough to get the nod from me. Owain Tudur-Jones also looked classy and his range of passing was sometimes spectacular, other times frustrating and he tried a few shots goalwards. Doran tried hard, but unlike his Celtic counterparts, his final ball was more often a let down. One man certainly not getting any awards is the baffling Craig Thomson. Only he will know why he stopped a promising attack to let Kayal receive attention, despite the player holding onto his leg whilst lying in the penalty box. He also allowed Celtic to break up play with persistent fouling which if taken accumulatively should surely have warranted a card or two. He's definitely off the Xmas card list. So that's four in a row now, but this was not an unexpected result although disappointing. On the other hand, we still retained second spot in the league with Motherwell losing at Kilmarnock and we also have a quick opportunity to get back on track as Killie visit Inverness on Wednesday night. Motherwell also finished their game with only nine men on the field which may rule them out for the next game or two, so it's not just us that are looking over our shoulders. The pack are closing in slowly but surely with only Dundee being cut adrift and Ross County now only five points behind second spot. Surely not! 9th Feb 2013 (12:00) Scottish Premier League Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Inverness C.T. 1 - Ross (9) TEAM: Esson, Raven, Warren, Meekings, G.Shinnie, Ross (Roberts 76), Draper, Tudur-Jones, Doran, (Sutherland 88) A.Shinnie, McKay SUBS: Reguero, Devine, Taylor, Pepper, Polwarth Booked: none Sent Off: none Celtic 3 - Commons (20), Gershon (4), Miku (82) TEAM: Forster, Gershon (Mathews 66), Rogne, Fraser, Commons (Chalmers 46) Rogic, McCourt (Watt 78), Kayal, McGeouch, Miku, Stokes SUBS: Zaluska, Herron, Nouioui, Atajic Booked: none Sent Off: none Referee Craig Thomson Attendance 6175
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I see he's now back in the USA at "Wilmington Hammerheads". Not sure what sort of level that is. USL Pro league so 3rd tier - although the relationship between most leagues in USA does not allow promotion or relegation so no chance to move up without moving teams. They announced last week that for 2013, the USL-Pro and MLS Reserve leagues will play some inter-league games and teams in USL Pro will be able to affiliate with MLS teams so they seem to be setting it up to be a feeder league: http://uslpro.uslsoccer.com/home/690349.html This is the main structure in US USSF1 = MLS, 16 USA teams, plus 3 from Canada USSF2 = NASL, 7 USA teams, 1 from Canada, 1 from Puerto Rico, plus 3 new ones joining in 2014. The 2013 league includes Edmonton where David Proctor now plays .. and the newly reformed New York Cosmos. Seen as a stepping stone to being awarded an MLS franchise. Edmonton harbour MLS dreams as do the Cosmos ..... USSF3 = USL Pro (12 USA clubs plus 1 from Antigua. includes such delights as Wilmington Hammerheads, Rochester Rhinos, Richmond Kickers, & Antigua Barracuda FC !) Below that it is a regional pyramid system at various levels down to club, college and state level .... see here for an easier explanation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_soccer_league_system
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We have two areas where something like this could go: Download section: http://caleythistleonline.com/files/ Shop section:. http://caleythistleonline.com/store/ Assuming the club and/or copyright holders approved it, we are happy to host anything like this in the same way as we host Charles' book.
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Good Idea ..... There have been a few ICT badges over the years .... I think I still have 2 One is just shaped like the club crest, gold colour, metallic style I bought at the club shop a few years ago, its not really a 'badge' more a lapel 'pin' as it has one of those butterfly clasps like the back of an earring. The other is a Supporters Club badge I acquired, round enamel type with a proper safety pin style catch .... I believe it was somewhat of a limited edition and no longer available though ...
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Simple question but thankfully there is no simple answer !! We have two top quality goalies and seeing either listed on the teamsheet is fine with me ! Have a feeling TB was doing a similar thing to what he did in the past with Esson/Tuffey but in reverse ... Reguero for league games, Esson for cup ... although that may now require a bit of a rethink on the manager's part !
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Its funny ... was chatting with a friend who also supports Toronto FC the other day, and we got onto this subject .... about how traditions evolve, or just "are", and how many of those traditions are intrinsically linked to, or emerged because of, rivalries .... When Toronto entered MLS, the league tried to manufacture a rivalry between the club and Columbus Crew, which was our nearest geographical rival ... about 430 miles away (or an 8 hour drive including an international border crossing). It worked for a while, and with Columbus cops tasering a few TFC fans on our first visit, then a 2500 strong away support heading there for another visit, the "Trillium Cup" as the 3 or 4 matches a year between the sides became known was starting to turn into a 'traditional' rivalry, and one which the league perpetuated by making it a tradition that we would play each other on the opening day of the season. However, the minute Vancouver entered the league, Columbus became irrelevant, the rivalry was TFC and Vancouver despite there being 2000 miles between the sides, and then when Montreal came into the league that was it .... 313miles, another Canadian team, and a French speaking one at that ... instant rivalry and sporting hatred that spilled over from every other sport into football ..... and now, the league makes it a "tradition" for these 3 sides to play each other in the first few opening games of the season ... For TFC, the league starts on March 2nd away to Vancouver then there is a home game (against Kansas) before another away game, this time in Montreal. The club are giving all season ticket holders a free ticket for this away game, and laying on 20 buses, with supporters groups also organising alternative bus, train or air travel too ..... hoping to go to this one, should be a great day out ! I dont think we really have any traditions at TFC yet, the club is only 6 years old after all, but if we did, the closest might be the "march" to the game. There are two main supporters groups, who have a bit of a rivalry with each other, and the pre-game pubs are reasonably close together. Before most games, but especially the big ones, the groups meet in the car park near to the closest pub and march to the ground together singing, chanting and waving flags, banners etc .... it is a lot of fun .... The only other thing may be how the national anthems are handled ... for the first few seasons, the club had someone in to sing the Canadian and American anthems at MLS games (anthems before game are an MLS requirement), but in the Canadian Championship or Concacaf Champions league there is no such requirement so it went straight to the game. Fans started singing an acapella version of the Canadian anthem at these games, and now, at MLS games the PA system is switched off for the Canadian national anthem and it is led by fans in the supporters sections with the American anthem still being sung by someone other than fans! I also looked round the rest of MLS to see what bizarre 'traditions' exist and, there are a few, most relating to a particular club's history, like Chicago fans who have to rub a stone that came from their original ground, or Seattle fans who also do a march to the game, but the best has to be Portland !!! They have "Timber Joey" as a mascot, and this tradition started way back in the 70s when they were in a lower set of leagues, but continues to this day ... From the website: "After each goal scored by the Timbers at JELD-WEN Field, a slice is cut from the victory log behind the north goal and celebrated in a cloud of sawdust and cheered by the roar of a chainsaw and thousands of voices. The log slab is then paraded through the stands, and ultimately, presented to its rightful owner – the goal scorer – in a post-game ceremony." ...... I can picture IHE doing that one !!!!!
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I may be in the minority, but I actually think 'fair play' to Hayes !!! The tweets seem to be heartfelt and show he cares about how badly his (current) team are doing. He doesnt claim they deserve 2nd spot, just says that this is the the aim for the end of the season, as a way to pay the fans back for the crap that's gone before. Its a far cry from Granpa Broon who seems to display an arrogant sense of entitlement to claim 2nd spot and conveniently forgets about all the other teams who have beaten them fair and square to sit above them .....
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thats fine .... the more people underestimate us or think we are a flash in the pan, the more TB can say GIRUY when we do finish above certain teams.
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traditions evolve, you cant create them and its only looking back that you suddenly realise there is a tradition ......
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Has the Semi Final defeat got to the players?
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Its football .. it happens .... St Mirren also beat us the weekend after the "SuperCaleyGoBallistic..." result. Even Chic Young said in his interview with TB today that we deserved something from that game. We had 53% they had 47% according to BBC stats. Other stats also show things like shots on goal were pretty even (8/6 to Killie). it was a mistake that led to 1-0 lead and the second was scored when we were trying to push forward to grab a late equaliser. Our form hasnt dipped !!! We lost a cup game against SPL opposition on penalties last week, we were apparently unlucky not to take something from our away league game in midweek, and today it was by all accounts fairly even until the first goal went in ... we went chasing an equaliser and got hit with a sucker punch .... Thats not a dip its unlucky. Of course this will be a full blown crisis if we dont put 5 past Celtic next week (sarcasm) Seems you know more than Terry Butcher does about the extent and level of the injuries. He has just been on the radio stating that Shinnie felt 'tightness' not a pull or tear and would be assessed with a scan next week. Foran had someone land on his knee and again, they will have to see how it is in a day or two. -
6 pointer next weekend !!!!
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another injury substitution ..... this time for them .... Cillian Sheridan has done his hammy too
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